Anti-Imperialism 101 Re: Hitchens quits Nation

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Sat Sep 28 09:20:48 PDT 2002


Even if you grant that the South was a different entity, the South attacked a "Northern" fort. Iraq has not attacked the US, only ineffectually firing at war planes that bomb the country.

On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 12:13:20PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Nathan Newman wrote:
>
> >As far as the South was concerned, the North had as much right to send in
> >troops as the UN has to send troops into Iraq.
>
> Eh? They lost the Civil War. Federal authority won. What "the South"
> thought wasn't worth a hill of beans. Iraq is a sovereign country,
> not a region of the U.S. Of course you don't really believe this, but
> you backed yourself into a corner, and now you're trying hard to
> describe it as roomy and with excellent views.
>
>
> Doug

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